I created this in Kgalagadi Trasfrontier park, SA. Would have liked the Wildebeest to be a bit closer though. I will be at Soccer City to watch the Springboks(SA) vs the Al Blacks(NZ) in a Tri Nations rugby test on Saturday.
Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 600mm
ISO 400
Aperture Priority
F4
SS 1/2500
I love this juxtaposition! Sharp focus on the springbok, good light and enough of the widlebeest shown to identify it as such.
On my monitor the whites seem to have a slightly blue/cyan tone, you might want to play with that or see if anyone else has the same comment.
Love the title Hendri! Like this comp very much, nice use of DOF.
Just wish the horns sat inside the Gnu for mine. Agree with Deb on the whites, just a slight tweak needed there.
You know the All Blacks will come out on top! :p
TFS
Hendri - I really like this too. The eyes of the springbok seem to have a reflection as well. Btw not sure but I think if the wildebeast was closer it might be unrecognizable. Congrats on a fine image.
nice perspective here mate! I think we will trump them this time - the Vuvuzelas are behind us...lucky blighter to be attending the game (but then again I will be in the Drakensberg on Saturday so I'd much rather be me than you hehe)
This is a very interesting idea and composition but like Ken I feel that moving around might have made this better.
For instance, moving left might have gotten a better view of the face and better eye contact as well as placing the Springbok towards the hindquarters of the Wildebeest thereby getting the hole head and antlers of the Springbok with a BG of black. Of course that assumes moving was a possibility.
A bit lower and a bit lefter would have made this even better. It is quite a nice juxtaposition as is. I especially like the contrast of white with dark.
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